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High / Low Power Settings (4W/1W) Programmable Amateur Radio
Frequency Range: 65-108 MHz (Only commercial FM radio reception) VHF: 136-174 MHz(Rx/Tx). UHF: 400-520 MHz(Rx/Tx)
1500mAh Battery; Broadband (Wide) 25khz / Narrowband (Narrow) 12.5khz Selectable
Customize Channel Names, the Boot Display and More by Using the PC03 FTDI Programming Cable
AUTO Keypad Lock, Dual Band, Dual Display and Dual Standby
Latest comments (29)
Infiltrator
23 Feb 17#29
Thanks, I bought them as walkie talkies so I'm happy enough with them, just need to repair my proper scanner instead.
gibblesuk
23 Feb 17#28
yes i did however as the docking space was so large the radios kept aligning diagonally hence charging made the effort a pain in the bum.
arachnoid
23 Feb 17#27
They will only scan within the frequencies listed i.e. PMR446 and 2 meter ranges and no they are very poor at this becuase of the slow scan rate.
gibblesuk
23 Feb 17#25
Had to return back to Amazon as Base Charge Units are so obviously not the original supplied and do not hold the Radios correctly making charging hit and miss at best.
TylerDurdenUK to gibblesuk
23 Feb 17#26
Thinking of returning mine as they are complete overkill for the casual use I'll get out of them.
Did you ensure they slotted into the guiding rails ?
Thinking of returning mine as they are complete overkill for the casual use I'll get out of them.
truly
23 Feb 17#24
Warranty is directly from Baofeng once you register it.
Infiltrator
22 Feb 17#22
So can these be programmed to scan other frequencies?
There's talk about reprogramming and installing other software, but I'm not sure if that would enable scanning of other frequency ranges.
Our local airport is on 119.5 but these don't seem to cover that range.
I do have a handheld yupiteru but I've let the batteries corrode a bit and am looking for an alternative.
0scar222 to Infiltrator
22 Feb 17#23
Not really much good as scanner as scan speed is about 3 channels per second which is very slow
Also if it could scan on air frequency,s you would really need to lock out transmit on these frequency
arachnoid
21 Feb 171#21
Be aware there ware many fake Baofeng radios sold even on Amazon usually the issue only comes to light when the programming cable is unable to access the firmware.
Cameron92
21 Feb 17#20
Breaker breaker.
TylerDurdenUK
21 Feb 17#18
So are these good to go (ie legal) out of the box ?
Wings18 to TylerDurdenUK
21 Feb 17#19
Not technically. You need a radio license. If they're programmed to PMR frequencies as suggested. It needs to be 0.5w. And the radio is 1W.
0scar222
21 Feb 17#17
Had these for years dont come programmed to 446 mhz though but easy program PMR channels and CTSS
Also useful in USA on FRS and GMRS Frequencies .Handy with mobiles been expensive to use over there
truly
21 Feb 17#15
I own about 40 of the higher model of Baofeng UV-5RE radios for work purposes. They have excellent build quantity and have never let me down. (Apart from 1, which had a manufacturing defect and was replaced) Come with 2 years warranty too. I would recommend these to anyone.
abusaleh to truly
21 Feb 17#16
Is that 2yr warranty with baofeng and do you need to register for it? Thanks
paolo
21 Feb 17#14
So you can program them to work on standard 2way radio frequencies. If you wanted to use them with other people on normal 8 channel 446MHz radios. Pretty sure mine were on some other channels as default...
guide on programming, the legality side is for american market I believe.
gibblesuk
21 Feb 171#4
If this is the same as the one last week, i recall the programming cable was somewhat essential?
northwales to gibblesuk
21 Feb 171#5
no need for the cable, very easy to programme Freq and ctss codes in.
upmiddlefinger
21 Feb 171#3
Dont need it... but bought it anyway :smile:
Newbold
21 Feb 172#2
Beware the Amazon reviews, though. Per Fakespot:
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TylerDurdenUK
21 Feb 171#1
Just ordered, will replace the binatone ones that had crap range.
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High / Low Power Settings (4W/1W) Programmable Amateur Radio
Frequency Range: 65-108 MHz (Only commercial FM radio reception) VHF: 136-174 MHz(Rx/Tx). UHF: 400-520 MHz(Rx/Tx)
1500mAh Battery; Broadband (Wide) 25khz / Narrowband (Narrow) 12.5khz Selectable
Customize Channel Names, the Boot Display and More by Using the PC03 FTDI Programming Cable
AUTO Keypad Lock, Dual Band, Dual Display and Dual Standby
Latest comments (29)
Did you ensure they slotted into the guiding rails ?
Thinking of returning mine as they are complete overkill for the casual use I'll get out of them.
There's talk about reprogramming and installing other software, but I'm not sure if that would enable scanning of other frequency ranges.
Our local airport is on 119.5 but these don't seem to cover that range.
I do have a handheld yupiteru but I've let the batteries corrode a bit and am looking for an alternative.
Also if it could scan on air frequency,s you would really need to lock out transmit on these frequency
Also useful in USA on FRS and GMRS Frequencies .Handy with mobiles been expensive to use over there
http://phillipcooper.co.uk/2014/06/programming-a-baofeng-uv-5r-for-uk-pmr446-channels/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baofeng-Rechargeable-Earpieces-Headphones-Earphones/dp/B00VFLA2CY/
to get the best, a high gain antenna would be a good addition.
guide on programming, the legality side is for american market I believe.
Analysis overview
Our engine has analyzed and discovered that there are 36.4% low quality reviews detected.
Interesting tidbit: the most used word by reviewers is good.
How are reviewers describing this item?
good, great, small, quality and easy.
Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.